Following an outpouring of opposition to former Immigration Minister being invited to speak at a Sydney Boys High School fundraising event, the Refugee Action Coalition has called a protest outside the school fundraising event tonight, Wednesday, 15 April, 5.15pm, Sydney Boys High School, 556 Cleveland St, Moore Park 2021.
Speakers include: Osman Faruqi (ex-student and Greens candidate for Heffron) Paul Robson (President, Eastern Suburbs Teachers Association)
Hundreds of ex-students from Sydney Boys and Girls High Schools have signed an open letter condemning the invitation to Morrison to speak: http://www.yauami.com/blog/2015/03/26/an-open-letter-to-sydney-boys-high-old-boys-union/
Sydney Boys former student, Osman Faruqi said, “The response from former Sydney High students has been overwhelming – alumni are appalled that someone with Scott Morrison’s record would be invited as the key speaker to this event.”
“I studied at Sydney Boys alongside many students from refugee backgrounds and they are shocked to see the school’s name being used celebrate a politician who has disregarded basic human rights,” added Faruqi.
“There are many reason to protest against Scott Morrison and the policies he put in place and values he espoused as Minister for Immigration,” said Ian Rintoul, spokesperson for the Refugee Action Coalition.
“But along with cruel policies of offshore processing, we now know that for at least 17 months, the Minister covered-up the abuse of women and children in detention on Nauru. The Minister will not be spilling the beans about that shameful record tonight.”
For more information: Ian Rintoul 0417 275 713
